I.DoT - Italian Design on Tour 2006/07 - NEW YORK | LAS VEGAS | SHANGHAI | NEW DELHI | BERLIN | LONDON

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2006 Third Edition 2006/2007 of I.DoT and the First presentation of the winners of the The Almerico De Angelis Young Designers Award. 1° tour date NEW YORK 20th – 23rd May In the spaces at the Tunnel @ The Waterfront. 2° tour date 24 - 28 July in LAS VEGAS during the Las Vegas Market. 3° tour date 14-16 September in Shanghai, China during the Shanghai Design Biennial. 4° tour date 12-22 FEBRUARY in Mumbai, India hosted by the prestigious School of Architecture JJ College. 5° tour date May in Berlin (Continuing the tradition, I.DoT will take part in the DESIGNMAI Festival, where it first showed in 2004) 6° tour date September in Londra During the festival 100% Design London. One of the most important events in the contemporary design calendar. The festival showcases the la test in lighting, accessories, wall and floor coverings, fabrics, kitchen and bathware. It is the foremost English design event. [ DOWNLOAD COMPLETE VERSION ]	LAST SET UP PREPARATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING I.DOT LONDON LEG. FOUR COLLECTIONS, SOME COLLATERAL EXHIBITIONS AND AN OPENING PARTY WILL ANIMATE EACH OF THE FIVE DAYS OF THE EVENT, FROM THE 20 AL 25 SEPTEMBER INSIDE THE OLD TRUMAN BREWERY. I.DOT IN LONDON From the 20th until the 25th of September, I.DoT will touch down in London. On show - the complete I.DoT exhibition, including Contemporary Design, the 10 winning projects awarded the Almerico de Angelis award and the two new collections: I.DoT Classic Selection and the Collection d’Auteur. It is I.DoT’s second trip to London and coincides with 100% Design, the most significant English appointment for the design operators. As usually, each collection will have its own set up, liberally inspired to Denis Santachiara and Paola Navone’s projects. The overall set up will also be enriched by some collateral exhibitions, also hosted in the external spaces of the location. TENT LONDON I.DoT exhibition will take place inside Tent London, one of the most important event of The London Design Festival. 9000 m2 of exhibition space located in Brick Lane, the London equivalent of ‘Zona Tortona’. Here all the varied aspects of design will be brought together, from contemporary style (Content, Superbrands), through to the so-called classic or ‘vintage’ (Circa); together with a focus on the innovative forms of design and architecture (Urbantine Project) and on the originality of the new generation (Talent Zone). I.DoT will be part of the Your Space section, inside The Old Truman Brewery complex, the hub of the area, at The Boiler House. More information on Tent London: http://www.tentlondon.co.uk/visit.html OPENING PARTY Friday 21 September, Tent London will organize a special Opening Party: LATE NIGHT AT THE BREWERY – TENT PARTY. I.DoT also will participate at the initiative, opening its doors to the visitors even after 8 pm. Download the invitation. To have more information about how to reach us please download the map of the entire Tent London complex.	February 12th in Mumbai started the iTOi, ItalyTo India, event, together with I.DoT exhibition Italian Design on Tour - New Lines in Italian Design, ID_CS Italian Design Classic Selection - The Roots and the Avant-garde and the presentation of the ten winning projects of the The Almerico De Angelis Young Designers Award. Location facts & who’s who The Sir JJ College of Mumbai, the oldest and most famous architecture and design university in India, and the location of event, has been invaded by boxes, metaphors of the transportation of products from nation to nation and of the itinerant concept of the I.DoT project, together with very long coloured ribbons, which ideally tie together thoughts and places. These ribbons have been chosen in the colours of the two flags, Italian and Indian, in order to symbolise the experiences that arise at the end of each stage, from the many meetings and from the relationships that are created by these meetings. Ribbons used as banners to encircle the enthusiasm of the young students from JJ College who have helped prepare the external spaces dedicated to the related exhibitions, and who have also played a part in the various key moments of the initiative as a whole, in a climate of great reciprocity. Along with the INDIA - ITALIA BUSINESS FORUM program, which has named 2007 as “the year of Italy in India” and in collaboration with the highest level institutional authorities in Italy and India, the day-long I.DoT conference held on 13 February at the Sir JJ College, and entitled “Creating identity for design in the Global Market”, was met with great interest by a qualified public of designers and architects, sector experts, personages from the academic world and journalists.


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I.DoT CONFERENCE The conference “Creating identity for design in the Global Market”, which examined the importance of brand identity, took place on the 13th of February. Designers, field experts, journalists and academics participated. The conference was closed by Mauro Agostini, the Italian Undersecretary for International Trade, speaking on behalf of the Minister Emma Bonino. The exhibition was also visited by Giuseppe Zaccagnino, Italian Consul General in Mumbai and by Umberto Vattani chairman of ICE – Italian Institute for Foreign Trade. MUMBAI and SIR JJ COLLEGE The classical and contemporary product collections, which were selected among the best Italian design achievements, along with the ten winning projects of The Almerico De Angelis Young Designers Award were hosted at Sir JJ College in Mumbai, the oldest and most prestigious Indian architecture and design University. The settings which had been designed by Denis Santachiara and Paola Navone were placed beside new installations made with packaging materials in order to symbolize the metaphor of I.DoT’s travelling project. FOCUS-ON Alongside the exhibition many collateral events were organized in order to favour the creation of direct relations with the Indian contacts who have received personal invitations. Business Dinner, a special dinner limited to 150 guests, leading members of the Italian and Indian design communities, a great occasion to exchange information and to establish relations in a conducive atmosphere. Business Tour, an opportunity for Italian producers to get in contact with Indian retailers, manufacturers and distributors and visit showrooms dedicated to “Made in Italy”, while gathering information about the Indian market and its’ potentials. Press Tour specially organized for the Italian journalists participating on behalf of the two leading Italian financial dailies and the most important design magazines. Visit at Pune Design Centre, the new “design hub” and the biggest project of its kind in India: a “mall” of 500.000 sqm created for the exhibition and sales of Indian and international design products.	From the 14th to the 16th of September the Shanghai Exhibition Centre was host to the third edition of I.DoT Italian Design on Tour –New Lines in Italian Design, and the first edition of the ID_CS Italian Design Classic Selection-The Roots and the Avant-garde exhibition. The Shanghai Exhibition Center, located in the heart of Shanghai’s international fashion district, was the home to this years edition of the Shanghai Design Biennial (SDB). A mixture of business and culture in perfect harmony with the ideas behind the pieces in the I.DoT selection. The participation of the Italian Government and of the Lombardy Regional Government underlined their recognition of the value of I.DoT and Design Made in Italy. The Vice President of the Lombardy Regional Council, Enzo Lucchini and the Regional Assessor for Craftsmanship Domenico Zampetti opened the I.DoT exhibition, which received both sponsorship and support from the Lombardy region. In addition Lucchini participated and the opening of the entire festival and was a member of the panel of speakers at the International Design Conference. During the Biennial the Shanghai Intellectual Property Office signalled the occasion by signing an important document on intellectual property rights together with the Milan Chamber of Commerce. A decisive move in the recognition and protection of the uniqueness of design Made in Italy. This position of importance was also indicated clearly by the prestigious exhibition space given to I.DoT. With over 1300m2 it was the events largest exhibitor. [ download complete document .pdf] [ download complete document .doc]	FROM THE 25TH TO THE 28TH OF JULY AT LAS VEGAS MARKET CONVENTION CENTER THE THIRD EDITION OF I.DoT ITALIAN DESIGN ON TOUR - NEW LINES IN ITALIAN DESIGN WAS LAUNCHED ALONGSIDE THE CLASSIC DESIGN EXHIBITION ID_CS ITALIAN DESIGN CLASSIC SELECTION-THE ROOTS AND THE AVANT-GARDE AND THE 10 WINNING PROJECTS OF THE ALMERICO DE ANGELIS YOUNG DESIGNERS AWARD. I.DoT IS THE RESULT OF A RIGOROUS SELECTION PROCESS, CARRIED OUT FOLLOWING IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ACROSS A VAST RANGE OF PRODUCTS. THE PIECES ARE SELECTED BY SOME OF THE WORLD’S LEADING AUTHORITIES ON DESIGN. THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL SELECTION COMMITTEE INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM MILAN’S TRIENNALE, THE DESIGN MUSEUM IN LONDON, BARCELONA’S MACBA, THE VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM IN BERLIN, THE BEIJING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CENTER AND THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM IN LONDON. THIS COMMITTEE DREW UPON THE WORK OF A RESEARCH GROUP FROM MILAN POLITECNICO TO CREATE THE FINAL SELECTION OF THE 100 BEST EXAMPLES OF RECENT ITALIAN DESIGN PRODUCTION. IN THIS WAY, PARTICIPATING IN THE I.DoT PROJECT BECOMES A PRESTIGIOUS WAY OF ‘CERTIFYING’ THE SELECTED PIECE AS BEING PART OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THE MADE IN ITALY TRADITION. A TRADITION WHICH IS UNIVERSALLY RECOGNISED FOR ITS EXCELLENCE. LOCATION FACTS WITH OVER 240,000 SQUARE METRES EXHIBITION SPACE FOR PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS - TO BECOME 1.2 MILLION BY 2013 WHEN THE NEW BUILDINGS OF THE TRADE FAIR COMPLEX WILL BE COMPLETED, 35.000 VISITORS AND 500 NEW EXHIBITORS, THIS EDITION OF THE LAS VEGAS MARKET HAS ATTRACTED THE INTEREST OF A VERY LARGE PUBLIC. A 60% AVERAGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAS BEEN REGISTERED, WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITORS FROM 116 COUNTRIES. THESE NUMBERS TESTIFY THE GREAT EFFORT MADE BY ORGANISERS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY LAS VEGAS MARKET AS THE MOST MODERN AND IMPORTANT TRADE FAIR IN THE UNITED STATES. [ DOWNLOAD COMPLETE pdf VERSION ] [ DOWNLOAD COMPLETE doc VERSION ]

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From the 20 to the 23rd of May in the spaces at New York’s Tunnel @ The Waterfront the third edition of I.DoT Italian Design on Tour - New Lines in Italian Design was launched alongside the classic design exhibition Italian Design Classic Selection-The Roots and the Avant-garde. The I.DoT exhibition also witnessed the debut of the 10 winning projects of The Almerico De Angelis Young Designers Award which will travel the world with I.DoT for the next two years. I.DoT is an example of cultural marketing. The exhibition showcases a selection of products ‘Made in Italy’ while promoting the producers and creating direct contacts in the most important international markets in the world of design and furnishing. I.DoT is the result of a rigorous selection process, carried out following in-depth research across a vast range of products. The pieces are selected by some of the world’s leading authorities on design. [ DOWNLOAD COMPLETE VERSION ]

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